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Introduction
    Overview
    Service Inventory Blueprints
    Service-Oriented Analysis
    Service-Oriented Design

Service Models
    Service Layers
    Entity Services
    Task Services
    Utility Services

Delivery Processes
    Top Down vs. Bottom Up
    The Inventory Analysis
Cycle (Part I)
    The Inventory Analysis
Cycle (Part II)
    The Inventory Analysis
Cycle (Part III)
    Choosing a Delivery Strategy

The Service-Oriented
Analysis Process
    Process Overview
    Information Gathering Steps
    Service Modeling Process (Part I)
    Service Modeling Process (Part II)

Service-Oriented
Design Processes
    Process Overview
    Design Processes and
Service Models
    Design Processes and Service-Orientation

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The Service-Oriented Analysis Process

Service Modeling Process (Part I)

Service modeling is the process of conceptualizing services and capabilities prior to their actual physical definition and development. Because nothing concrete is defined during this stage, we qualify the results of carrying out this process with the term “candidate.” Service modeling essentially identifies service capability candidates that are grouped into service candidates that are subsequently assembled into service composition candidates.


Figure: A common service modeling process.

This page contains excerpts from:

SOA Principles of Service Design
by Thomas Erl

(ISBN: 0132344823, Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR, Hardcover,
240+ Full Color Illustrations, 573 pages)

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The Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl
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